End of the Marking Period

The end of the marking period has to be the most stressful time in the school year. Every teacher rushes to get grades in, attempting to meet the required number of grades per marking period. However, this causes chaos for students, who have to handle projects, tests, essays, etc on top of normal homework assignments. Also, after the marking period is finally over, the new one begins, which can be equally as daunting. If you mess up your grades in the beginning, it becomes more difficult to keep high grades later on when there are a million things assigned at once! But alas, graduation is right around the corner, so I can handle a few extra assignments in exchange for freedom.